Well, why have I not been posting you might ask (or most likely not)? The answer is that we sold the house exactly as predicted - someone walked up the path on the 29th February and decided she wanted it, visited again next day, made an offer on the 2nd, paid a deposit, paid 10% on about the 12 and we agreed to complete on the 9th of April - cash buyer, no chain and wanting earliest occupancy. Amazingly, husband accompanied on first visit, then she has driven it all. Very nice Yorkie lady who wanted all the furniture (Ok, we took a few family items) and we have spent the whole of March purging, travelling to the horse charity shop, travelling to the bins early doors when they are empty, and generally sorting out our 24 year lives in Spain ready for the next adventure. Lots of issues as you might imagine (not the least being the crap about having to pay duty on our old stuff going back into the UK. .whaat… UK?)
Well, no / we are going to the Isle of Man for 90 days to decide upon our future (IoM as Rona at Barclays had said it is very quiet and there is almost no crime (just forget about the two TT weeks when it is a bear garden!) What’s not to like / kippers and fish and chip shops and an M&S
Tourists by the boatload(s)
And why are we moving?……… well the craziness of an area that is constantly touting for more tourists and bragging about the hotel bed-occupancy and the number of cruise liners visiting - but never improving the infrastructure. So we have just had a pretty standard annual rainfall over the last 4 months, but there are water restrictions as the lakes are sitting at about 20% capacity - quelle surpris - the thousands of new properties and millions of tourists are using more water than in the past. No increase in catchment or numbers of lakes, just steadily increasing consumption. The local town hall is talking about starting a feasibility study regarding additional parking - so don’t hold your breath. The tourist “season” has expanded to the whole year ….. anyway time to go.
More anon from our 90-day exile!
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